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Minggl - Facebook and MySpace Toolbar

Minggl, an Austin, Texas-based service which is currently in invitation-only beta, offers a new browser toolbar/plugin for users of Facebook and MySpace.

You start by entering your usernames and passwords for MySpace and Facebook. Then, when you're visiting a compatible social network, Minggl pops up a little box at the top right (the "MiNGGL Social Palette") and allows you to add that user to your "multi-site friends list". This basically provides easy access to your contacts in the sidebar, and allows you to search them or browse by tags.

Users can also annotate their social networking pages with "notes" - you can add images, sounds and text to your profile on Facebook or MySpace, all neatly integrated so it looks like part of the profile page. These notes can be made viewable by all Minggl users, or just your friends. Other features includes the ability to jump straight to your various profiles, send messages and invite friends. In short: Minggl is a way to aggregate your friends (a bit like Profilactic) and annotate your profile.

Having an aggregated view of all your friends across multiple social networks - plus the ability to add annotations to pages - sounds pretty appealing. But while Minggl is nicely designed and executed, I'm skeptical that any of these services will convince MySpacers and Facebookers to download extra software: Browster tried that route, and look where it got them.

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